Ken, Well you could try the approach of authorizing the shell - but it is risky. The distinction I was making is that the program needs to tell the installer that it will be asking for access in the i

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Adam, Thanks fir trying to explain this to a non-tech. I have one app called digicam which is an open source photo filing system that DID ask for permission and had to be granted same from me to acces

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Ken, Actually no code directly "asks" for permission - the issue is that the permission has to be granted before the access request is made or as it runs and the way the program is "seen" by the OS ma

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XQuartz 2.8.0_beta3 XTrackCAD 5.2.1a macOS Catalina 10.15.7 MacBook Pro (Retina 13” Late 2013 2.4 GHz dual core i5 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 First of all, thank you for allowing me into the group so I can le

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1. The access controls mean that any file sin the D/D/D folders (Downloads/Documents/Desktop) and subfolders are protected. It may extend to the user's current directory as well (where the D/D/D direc

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Having the same success as Ron Jaimieson ... 5.2 up and running under Big Sur. But having a devil of a time trying to open all my many old files created under 4.2 on earlier MAC OS's. Tried the sugges

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Update: Xtrdcad 5.2 under Xquartz 2.8.0 Beta 3 seems to be working ok with latest macOS Big Sur, 11.2.3 on my Mac Mini. The only issue seems to be that .xtc layout files can only be read from, or save

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A user (who may post soon after he has tested more) mentioned elsewhere that XTrackCad started for him with a window when he used the Beta3 version of the latest XQuartz (available from the xquartz we

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See my other post on Big Sur and latest XQuartz 2.8.0 having problems. The release candidate level seems to have more issues than the Beta3 version did by some accounts. Adam

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There are reports from our users that OSX (Mac) Big Sur with the latest XQuartz does not work (startup stalls). We have not tested this level of OS or XQuartz - having no equipment at any level to do

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First things first - did you logout and in or reboot after you installed XQuartz? I am assuming that you probably did because of the splash. We don’t have Big Sur to test with. One thing that this rem

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Hi, I'm trying to run xtrkcad on a Mac mini running macOS 11.1 (Big Sur). I have already updated to Xquartz 2.8.0, restarted, etc. I was able to launch Xtrkcad with control-rightclick open, and bring

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David, As the Mac Install instructions note, once installed, you need to Right-Click on the XTrackCAD program object in Finder and click "Open". This is another security feature of Catalina and up tha

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I have just read this issue with Apple. I have a more fundamental problem. I have downloaded xtrackcad and transferred it to my Applications folder. However I’m unable to open it even by overriding th

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The issue is the same on Catalina as well. And it isn't a bug, it's an OS security "feature". For all those programs that do not come from the Apple Store, access to the special Documents/Downloads/Pi

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I’ve just upgraded my macbook to Big Sur (OS11). I’ve reinstalled xtrackcad and xquartz, but I am not able to load saved designs. The error message says: ‘Cannot open XTrackCAD file: /Users/tom/Docume

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This has been the biggest help in using XtrkCad on my Mac! I could not figure out how to change the font size since I regularly keep my resolution at scale to 1920x1200 on my MacBook Pro. Thanks so mu

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Turns out that the problem was present in version 4.3.0. It just didn't manifest because of the way I used the program. Searching the web for XQuartz and multiple monitors turned up the suggestion to

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I can select the daughter windows from the XQuartz "Window" menu, but that doesn't make them appear. I find out where they are by mousing around until the cursor changes. Unfortunately, I don't know t

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Joe, Thing to Try - if you right-click on the XQuartz icon "X" can you select the daughter windows? And once you do, can you close them with either a button or the red close dot? The modal model of wi

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